General Awareness

Mental Health and Disorders

3,382 Questions

Mental health and disorders cover psychological conditions, behavioral signs, and emotional challenges. These topics appear in general awareness, psychology, and social work exams. Use this guide to practice identifying various mental health conditions.

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Mental Health and Disorders Questions

Multiple choice

Fear of confined spaces is called

  1. Kleptomania

  2. Claustrophobia

  3. Altophobia

  4. Arachnophobia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Claustrophobia is the irrational fear of confined or crowded spaces.

Multiple choice

Which type of personality suspects about others always?

  1. Cyclothymic personality

  2. Melancholic personality

  3. Schizoid personality

  4. Paranoid personality
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Paranoid personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others, such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent.

Multiple choice

Hydrophobia is an another name for

  1. rabies

  2. malaria

  3. cancer

  4. tumor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Hydrophobia, meaning fear of water, is a classic symptom of rabies infection in humans, and the term is often used as a synonym for the disease.

Multiple choice

Why according to research are suicide rates higher in rural communities?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question.

In 1999, Brian and Nerida Egan had to surrender their Darling Downs property in Queensland. They had run a mixed cattle farm for 12 years, but it hadn’t rained a drop for the last three and they couldn’t afford to continue. The couple walked away with nothing but their cattle dog, Stumpy. “It was soul-destroying to lose everything,” says Brian. “There was this ‘beast’ inside me that had taken over my life. I had no hope and just could not see any future.” At the age of 55, Brian had twice attempted to take his own life and was with severe clinical depression and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as a result of disturbing experiences he witnessed while on naval service in Indonesia in his early 20s. Depression is one of the most significant human costs of the drought, with research showing higher suicide rates in rural communities, especially among men, due to social isolation and difficulty accessing help. The stigma of mental illness left Brian with only his mother, Hilda, and Nerida to rely on. He recalls running and hiding in the wardrobe when people came to the front door. “I was just so ashamed of what I had become, I did not want anyone to see me.”
Brian was sent to Greenslopes Private Hospital in Brisbane, where he would end up being admitted five times over the next two years. “I was catatonic. I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t talk or write. I didn’t know who I was, or who anyone else was.”
The doctors tried many different types of medication and treatment on Brian, but with limited benefits. Finally it was suggested to Brian by a psychologist that maybe the best thing for him to do was to go out and find someone worse off, and help them.

  1. Due to economic worries

  2. Due to isolation and lack of availability of help

  3. Due to a closed society and heavy psychological pressure

  4. Due to the overbearing attitude of friends and family
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(2) research showing higher suicide rates in rural communities, especially among men, due to social isolation and difficulty accessing help.

Multiple choice

Freud's theory was based on the belief that neuroses were caused by

  1. repressed memories, motives and conflicts

  2. learned maladaptive behaviours

  3. negative self-regard

  4. destructive interpersonal relationships
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Freud's psychoanalytic theory posits that neuroses arise from repressed memories, motives, and conflicts residing in the unconscious mind.

Multiple choice

What causes people to feel so in love they cannot eat or sleep?

  1. decreased levels of serotonin

  2. increased levels of oxytocin

  3. decreased levels of norepinephrine

  4. increased levels of dopamine
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter associated with reward, motivation, and the intense focus seen in early romantic love. While other chemicals play roles, dopamine is primarily responsible for the intense, obsessive feelings that can disrupt sleep and appetite.